Fla: Black School Counselor rapes/assaults 12 year old/many more victims(PIC)

Police have arrested an after-school counselor and charged him with raping a 12-year-old student. 21-year-old Curtis Ramley Gordon Jr., of Fort Lauderdale, assaulted the girl at least twice. There may be other victims out there," said Hugh Graf. "It's still early in the investigation."

Steelers Jerome Bettis denied accusations on Friday that he sexually assaulted a woman in Greensburg.A 22-year-old woman told police that Bettis forced her to perform oral sex after he had autographed a football for her 2-year-old son. Bettis had promised the autograph when she met him after a team practice at training camp. The woman told police that when she saw Bettis, the two went to her car to retrieve the football he had promised to sign.He then drove out of the parking lot, parked on a nearby side street, and forced her to perform oral sex.

Clayton County police said Friday that a man acted in self-defense when he shot and killed an armed intruder.Gary Menard, 24, was shot after entering the apartment of John Peoples, 21, and his wife, 24-year-old Laura. John Peoples grabbed his own handgun and shot Menard, Clayton County police Lt. J.E. Turner said

Menard’s family, however, wants to know if Menard and Peoples might have known each other, despite what Peoples has told police.

“All I want to know is, I'm not saying it was right, I'm not saying it was wrong, you know I'm not saying anything like that, sir, but what I want is real answers. I'm hearing one side. I need to hear two sides before I put my son to rest,” said Menard’s mother, Jackie.

Police have many unanswered questions, as well. Among them: How did Menard get to the complex when had no car and lived nowhere near? Menard’s girlfriend told 11Alive News he left her around 9 p.m. with two men she did not know. If that is indeed accurate, where were those two men when the alleged home invasion and shooting took place?

"Hi y'all," the note said. "I'm so thankful that you are fine! I'm so sorry that this happened." The neighbor, who also was not home, offered assistance "if I can help you in any way."

Turner said detectives believe the couple had recently moved into the apartments and were random "targets of opportunity."

"The couple did not know the suspect, and we think he was waiting in the area for a possible victim to come home and watched them go into the apartment," Turner said. "The couple thought the assailant was demanding money."

"While we haven't had a problem with this particular apartment complex, in some parts of the county we have had a problem with random pedestrian robberies as people arrived home," Turner added.

"We don't know why the assailant wanted to get into the apartment, but he did and it turned out bad for him," he said.

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my new theorem is: if the perp is shown and the perp is of color then the story will try to mitigate the color of the perp. or: a negative picture is now worth a thousand positive words.